Tool for attaching bands to hose



No. 625,492. Patented Kay 23, I899.

T. OE LANEY.

TOOL FOR ATTAOHING BANDS TO HOSE.

(Ap umion Mr. 20, 1899.)

(No Model.)

WITNESSES: lNVENTOR:

Tm: NORRIS PETERS co. WORM-WHO. WASHINGTON, n c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS DE LANEY, or GRAND RAPIDS, MlOHIGAN.

TOOL FOR ATTACHING BANDS TO HOSE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 625,492, dated May 23,1899. Application filed February 20, 1899. Serial No. 706,109. (Nomodel.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS DE LANEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tools for Attachinglands to Hose; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improved tool for attaching bands to hose,and more especially for attaching bands made of wire to garden-hose andits object is to provide a cheap and efficient implement for the purposeand to provide the device with certain new and useful featureshereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in theclaims.

My device consists, essentially, of a single integral piece of metal,either cast, forged, or cut out with dies, as most convenient, andhaving a hook to engage the wire band, a cam portion to tighten thesame, and a wedgeshaped or pointed end to turn the end of the hand down,as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is aperspective of my device; Fig. 2, the same engaged with the band, as inthe first step of attaching the same; Fig. 3, the same in the secondposition; Fig. 4, the same in the third position; Fig. 5, the finalposition of the device in the process of attaching the band, and Fig. 6a plan of the band for the application of which the device is adapted.

Like letters refer to like parts in all of the figures.

A represents the handle portion of the device, which may be of anyconvenient shape, at one end of which is a curved cam-shaped extension13, having a rounded heel B atits junction with the handle, (which heelportion can be used as a hammer for finally pounding the end of the banddown in place,) and terminating at its point in a hook 0, adapted toengage and retain the end of the band and pull the same through theother end, as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3. The opposite end of thehandle portion A is pointed, as at D, and

E represents the band, made of wire joined at the ends in the form of anelongated link with substantially square ends and slightlyconvergingsides, the narrower end being adapted to pass through the wider end andbe folded down about the same.

F is an end view of the hose to which the band E is applied, and G atransverse section of a coupling secured in the hose by the band E.

From the various figures the operation of my device will be readilyunderstood. The band is first wrapped loosely around the hose F, havingthe coupling G inserted therein, the cam B passed through the wider endof the band with the convex side thereof engaging the same, and the hookO engaging with the narrow end of the band. By turning the han- 'dleupward and sliding the wider end of the brating the device it willoperate to tighten the band, acting as a lever to pull the hand throughthe wider end and taking up the stock so gained by the forward movementof the cam. By turning the tool to the position shown in dotted lines inFig. ithe band is further tightened and bent closely around the widerend sufficiently to prevent slipping, and the narrow end is finallyturned down upon the hose by reversing the tool and inserting the end Din the end of the band and turning the same to the position shown indotted lines in Fig. 5. .Thewire may then be finally hammered downclosely by striking it with the heel B of the cam. To raise the narrowend of the band and unfasten the same, the wedge end D is inserted underthe same and the device operated as a lever to lift it away from theside of the hose. 7

Having thus fully described myinvention,

tion at the other end, and a hook on the point of the cam-shapedportion.

4. A tool substantially as deseribed,consistin g of a handle portionhaving a wedge-shaped end and a curved cam-shaped end having a roundedheel adjacent to the handle portion, and a hook on the point of thecam-shaped end.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

THOMAS DE LANEY.

Witnesses:

LEWIs E. FLANDERS, LUTHER V. MOULTON.

